Mayday
2003 · Documentary · Drama
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TV series / 2023
Shiny Happy People
A limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family, The Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril.
The story
A limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family, The Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril.
Cast
Amy KingSelf - Cousin of the Duggars
Dillon KingSelf - Amy’s Husband
Jill DillardSelf - Member of the Duggar Family
Derick DillardSelf - Jill’s Husband
Jen SutphinSelf - YouTube Creator, Fundie Fridays
Kristin Kobes Du MezSelf - Author; Professor, Calvin University
Josh PeaseSelf - Pastor, Journalist
Brooke ArnoldSelf - Ex-IBLP
Bill GothardSelf (archive footage)
Jeff Sharlet
Deanna DuggarSelf - Jim Bob Duggar’s Sister
Jim HoltSelf - Duggar Family Friends
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Bobye HoltSelf - Duggar Family Friends
Danielle LindemannSelf - Author, ‘True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us’
Lindsey J. WilliamsSelf - Ex-IBLP
Floyd OathoutSelf - Ex-IBLP
Tara OathoutSelf - Ex-IBLP
Lara SmithSelf - Ex-IBLP
Chad HarrisSelf - Ex-IBLP
Heather HeathSelf - Ex-IBLP
Tia LevingsSelf - Ex-IBLP
Eve EttingerSelf - Educator & Ex-Quiverfull
Emily Elizabeth AndersonSelf - Ex-IBLP
Mike HuckabeeSelf (archive footage)
Alex HarrisSelf - Lawyer, Former Joshua Generation Leader
Morgan OlligesSelf - Christian Influencer
Paul OlligesSelf - Christian Influencer
Jinger VuoloSelf (archive footage)
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